If you want to top up your fitness levels or you want the chance to hone your sporting skills, why not get in a practice or two in before you turn up to the South West Outdoor Festival. Here are some suggestions of places to go to have an outdoor adventure.

It's easy to see why the Heddon Valley on Exmoor is every local's list of favourite walks. The scenery is breathtaking, starting under huge, mature trees shading a bubbling river, which winds down to the sea through spectacularly plunging hillsides.